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make someone's skin crawl

make someone's skin crawl verb: to frighten or disgust.

Verb

make someone's skin crawl (third-person singular simple present makes someone's skin crawl, present participle making someone's skin crawl, simple past and past participle made someone's skin crawl)

  1. (idiomatic) To frighten or disgust.
    • The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.

Forms of make someone's skin crawl

third-person singular presentmakes someone's skin crawl
present participlemaking someone's skin crawl
past participlemade someone's skin crawl
pastmade someone's skin crawl

Questions about make someone's skin crawl

What does make someone's skin crawl mean?
Make someone's skin crawl means to frighten or disgust.
What part of speech is make someone's skin crawl?
Make someone's skin crawl is a verb.
What is the past tense of make someone's skin crawl?
The past tense of make someone's skin crawl is made someone's skin crawl.

Words near make someone's skin crawl in the dictionary

  1. make someone's flesh creep
  2. make someone's hair curl
  3. make someone's hair stand on end
  4. make someone's head spin
  5. make someone's jaw drop
  6. make someone's skin crawl
  7. make someone's skin creep
  8. make someone's teeth itch
  9. make someone's toenails curl
  10. make someone's toes curl
  11. make something of

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